#which explains the percy jackson thing because itslike. by believing in thsi thing i have a unique claim to it
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can we talk about revival religions i want to talk about it... i like cant stress enough how concerning it is that people cant tell the difference between a closed practice that you need to belong to a certain community to understand vs. a revival invented by hobbyists for fun based on the texts of a dead (or...made up) tradition that everyone has equal access to & say things like “percy jackson is problematic because there are people who worship apollo” & get taken in by racists and nationalists bc they say shit like “we need to reclaim our marginalised indigenous heritage”. if u think thatbeing born in a nation state thats landmass roughly corresponds with the collection of ancient city-states that produced some of the most widely-disseminated literature in the world somehow puts you in the same position as an indigenous person begging white neopagans to stop burning white sage you really really need to unpack that...
#slightly related note i want to talk about how antitheist ex xtians are suddenly cool iwth neopagans so mb it wasnt 'religion' thats the#problem after all#and how many neopagans r just xtians w the serial numbers filed off#but think theyre an authority on Religious Oppression despite themselves constantly perpetuating xtian hegemony#including the xtian understanding that religion = believing n something#which explains the percy jackson thing because itslike. by believing in thsi thing i have a unique claim to it#and why it counts as a religion to have no community no cultural practices etc but you like light some candles in your room#ive said it so much at this point but i actually wouldnt have a problem w neopagans if we all understood that its a hobby and not a religion#lol#anyway its so blatantly just. modern nationalism because like#AN ITALIAN OP!!!!#like girl..do you need me to show you a map of the roman empire? is that what this is?????#and uh....where do u think u got those myths from#...#the type of shit that can be disproved just by knowing very basic historical facts. is what gets me#also christianity is a hellenic religion AMA
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